Artist Profile

Chip Simone

 (1945)

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1945, Chip Simone was educated in the visual arts at Rhode Island School of Design. Simone learned the history and tradition of creative photography from the American master Harry Callahan. Simone’s work is a unique confluence of the American modernist photographic tradition epitomized by his teacher Harry Callahan, and the new digital street photography that has only recently burst out.

In 1973, Simone was one of the founding members of NEXUS, Atlanta’s first photography gallery. In 1980 his work was exhibited at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, and in 1982 he received a Photographers Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1985, the French Ministry of Culture exhibited his photographs throughout Paris, Toulouse, and Angouleme as part of the Atlanta in France cultural exchange.

Simone is a street photographer. He describes, ‘My pictures celebrate the very act of seeing... making pictures with a camera is a complex and graceful human endeavor… The potential of photography lies in its ability to render with clarity and eloquence that bestows gravity to common objects and invests moments in time with a significance that transcends time. It is not what the photographer sees, but rather how the photographer sees.’

  

Didier Massard 

Jim Campbell 

Jim Campbell (b. 1956, Chicago, IL) is a contemporary San Francisco based artist who primarily works with LED light installations. Cambpell began his artistic career in film making but switched to electronic sculpture in 1990 and started making his iconic LED matrix works in 2000.^[1] His current work combines film, sound, and LED light installations.^[2] He has emerged as a leading figure in new media arts. 

Education Campbell received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1978.^[1]

awards: 

• 2010-17: Werner Klotz & Jim Campbell Reflecting Ribbon, The New San Francisco Central Subway, Union Square Market Station ^[4]
• 2010-13: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Installation ^[5]
• 2010-2011: Madison Square Park Conservancy, "Scattered Light", New York ^[6]
• 2003-2004: Guggenheim Fellowship (This award is given to those who show "exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.")
• 2002-2003: Langlois Foundation Grant, Montreal
• 1999-2000: Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Award in Multimedia
• 1999-2001: Eureka Fellowship Award, Fleishhacker Foundation
• 1996: SECA Electronic Media Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Quotes 

"At 47 or 48 feet we have no concern. We have a levee system that is in excellent condition. We feel very comfortable that we are not going to have any problems."

"Seat belts are optional. Required, but optional."

Reflection on video

My response to the child abuse street art video is that i think its very creative, it used a adult and child angles for both to catch their eye to the bored. I think that is a  very good way to get more than one eye from more than one group of people.

Street art

Tips on Fashion Photography

Experimenting with Shadows and Lights

Get Inspired from Things Around You

Select Models Carefully

 Photography should Reflect Product’s Beauty

Usage of Props

Create Harmony

Conclusion

Team Work 

Stay Flexible

Photography Location

Fashion Photography

Horst Diekgerdes- does more of classic fashion photography 

James Hickey- does pop fashion 

Andrea Klarin- which by far is my favorite does wokr more like less colors and more simple old days look. 

Reflection

I think this picture reflects on the hunger  issues the some countries may encounter, this picture touches the heart when you see the baby girl just pretty much dying in the dirt of her country, its sad to know that we cant help enough even though America needs help it self. Most people hate when we do so  much for other countries but looking at that picture says it all, America has its problems but we don't look that here, we take so much for much we have and most of us don't appreciate the things we, here we complain about not having the latest technology there they cry for one handful of food and a drop of clean water and pray for a home and a clean environment. Most things i pick up in this class or are aware of because i took this class, makes me realize that i shouldn't complain because i don't have an iphone, I'm very grateful of the things i have and i wouldn't want to ask for more when kids cant even enjoy life , this picture makes me feel as if people not all but some are selfish and don't realize whats happening around the world and if they do they ignore it and to be honest other countries are our world they make up our world. 

 

Abstract Art

Abstract art- Is art that is not suppose to look normal or look like the actual image of what it is. 
Non Objective Art- Is another word to describe Abstract Art , is has no description of a person place or thing. 
Non Representational Art- Is also another word to describe Abstract Art is does not represent anything in the natural world. 
Expressionism- (A.K.A) - Action Painting ,the art scene after World War II with its characteristic messiness and extremely energetic applications of paint.